by Rabbi Pesach Lerner | Jan 7, 2021 | Human Rights, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Pesach Lerner, The Jewish Press I’ve been asked dozens of times over the past two weeks how I felt when I heard that Jonathan and Esther Pollard landed at Ben Gurion Airport early Wednesday morning. Truth be told, I knew more than a week earlier of their...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Dec 31, 2020 | Religious Liberty, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, in The Federalist Not just foster care providers, but religious groups of all kinds are closely following the case of Fulton v. the City of Philadelphia. Indeed, all those who care about our nation’s children should be. While this case before...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Dec 30, 2020 | Human Rights, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, in Newsweek Many on the Left in the Jewish community have reduced anti-Semitism to a partisan weapon. According to them, whether an individual’s statements about Jews or Israel are bigoted depends entirely upon that individual’s...
by CJV | Dec 18, 2020 | Human Rights, Press Releases
The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1500 traditional rabbis in matters of public policy, today released a letter sent to the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) and the Warnock for Senate campaign on Monday, denouncing anti-Semitic...
by CJV | Dec 14, 2020 | Family Values, Press Releases
The Coalition for Jewish Values today released a statement renouncing efforts to identify those who endorse deviance from Torah practices as “Orthodox rabbis.” The “Statement on Orthodoxy,” signed by 250 rabbinic leaders thus far, emphasizes...
by CJV | Dec 3, 2020 | Press Releases, Religious Liberty
Responding to the lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against the Village of Airmont, NY for religious discrimination against its Orthodox Jewish residents, Rabbi Pesach Lerner, President of the Coalition for Jewish Values, issued the following statement:...
